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Title: Lois Crouch papers
Date (inclusive): 1949-1988
Collection number: 1565
Creator:
Crouch, Lois.
Extent:
20 boxes (10 linear ft.)
1 oversize box.
Abstract: Lois Crouch (1915- )was the director of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles (1948-50), a member of the Commission for
the Reorganization of Los Angeles City Government (1951-52), chairman of the sub-committee on citizens participation for the
Citizens Urban Renewal Advisory Commission of Los Angeles (1957) and secretary of the advisory board for the UCLA YMCA (1956-58).
The collection consists of papers relating to Crouch's involvement in the United Way (1979-87), the California Federation
of Women's Clubs (1963-93), and the League of Women Voters and others.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lois Crouch, 1988, 1993, & 1994.
[Identification of item], Lois Crouch papers (Collection Number 1565). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Crouch was born in Denver, Colorado, on February 13, 1915; BA (1936) and MA (1937), UCLA; director, League of Women Voters
of Los Angeles, 1948-50; member of task force, Commission for the Reorganization of Los Angeles City Government, 1951-52;
became chairman, sub-committee on citizens participation, Citizens Urban Renewal Advisory Commission of Los Angeles in 1957;
secretary, advisory board, UCLA YMCA, 1956-58; member, Faculty Wives Club, UCLA.
Collection consists of papers relating to Crouch's involvement in such organizations as the United Way (1979-87), California
Federation of Women's Clubs (1963-93), League of Women Voters, and others. Includes minutes, reports, correspondence, and
printed materials.
Arranged in the following series:
- United Way (Boxes 1-3,23,29).
- Kellogg Fund (Box 3).
- League of Women Voters (Box 4-9,11,24).
- Personal (Boxes 10,17).
- Pacific Palisades Women's Club (Box 11).
- General Federation of Women's Clubs (Boxes 12-13,21-23,28).
- California Federation of Women's Clubs (Boxes 14-23,25-27).
- Miscellaneous (Boxes 20-21,27).
- Epsilon Sigma Omicron (Box 21).
- Citizens' Urban Renewal Committee (Boxes 21,24).
- Redevelopment (Box 24).
- Kellogg Foundation and United Way (Boxes 28-29).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Crouch, Lois --Archives.
California Federation of Women's Clubs.
League of Women Voters of California.
United Way of America.
Women --Societies and clubs --Archival resources.
Women civic leaders --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.